When an actual historian looks at it you get a decidedly different academic take.
Yearly Archives For 2011
Green Grow The Job Losses
In the latest issue of Accuracy in Academia’s monthly Campus Report newsletter, AIA looks for the “green Jobs” that colleges claim they are training students for.
Can’t Shrug Off Atlas
Atlas Shrugged has gone from contraband reading on campus to contraband viewing.
Academia Sustains Sustainable Development
Ever on the watch for the latest academic buzzwords, we look with curiosity upon the latest offering—sustainable development.
Three Little Words
Professor tries to clear the marketplace of ideas with a short declarative sentence.
Diversity Through Censorship
It’s interesting to see the degree to which proponents of diversity will censor speech in order to achieve that elusive pluralism, no matter how innocuous the expression is.
Public Intellectual Rejects Scrutiny
Academics rarely miss a chance, in or out of the classroom, to promote their ideas. What they do far less frequently is invite inquiry.
Academics Miss TEA Parties
Probably because they wouldn’t be caught dead going anywhere near one, academics frequently misunderstand the nature of TEA parties, then go public with their conclusions as though they were revealed truth.
Newsmakers at Medill
A colorful lot arguably more activist than academic or even journalistic.
Crazy For U
When a veteran journalist tries to help his son apply to college and then writes up the experience, you get a riveting memoir that is also a much needed exposé.